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02-06-2013, 02:27 PM
So Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams walk into a room in Las Vegas. Gabe says to J.J., "So how about that Cloverfield, huh? Sure was fun watching some idiot do stupid shit and not being able to do anything about it." J. J. turns to Gabe and says, "Well at least THAT idiot could TALK, and the other characters never needed to worry about him hitting things with a crowbar instead of paying attention to their important dialogue."
There's a moment of silence, and Gabe finally says, "Sooo... Half Life movie, then?" J.J. nods. "...Yeah, okay."
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Link. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe-newell-and-star-wars-director-j.j.-abrams-to-work-towards-porta)
So yeah. Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams spoke together at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas on Feb 6 of this year, and Newell runs a clip from Cloverfield, showing characters running away from explosions and chaos. “I’m looking at that as a gamer saying put the camera down and let me fucking run. But you won’t let me do that,” he said. J.J. Abrams turned the tables by saying characters in games often drive the scene in the wrong direction. They show a video from Half-Life 2 of the player ignoring the dialog being spoken and instead running around and playing with the environment. It’s a good point: In real life no one would be picking books up and throwing them at the characters. , stated on record that they were interested in working together on either a Half Life or Portal movie, or some sort of video game.
“We’re recapitulating a series of conversations that have been going on. This is what happens when game and movie people get together. We reached the point where we decided that we had to do more than talk,” Newell stated.
“There’s an idea we had for a game that we’d like to work with Valve on,” Abrams continued.
“We’re super-excited about that, and we’re also excited about working with you guys on a movie. So we’re going to figure out if we can make a Portal movie or Half-Life movie together. But it’s really time for us, and our industries, to stop talking about potentials and start trying to execute them,” Newell finished. It may not have been the most in-depth talk from the two men, but it showed how much they both loved the act of telling stories, even as they made gentle fun of the limitations of their respective art forms. The idea of them getting together to try to “fix” those issues is truly exciting.
Obviously, that's not to say that this is SO TOTALLY HAPPENING, but it's an interesting development. I WONDERED why Portal 2 had that little interactive Super 8 trailer in it. (Personally, Valve's trailer intrigued me more than the film's real trailer did.)
Now, in terms of whether this is going to WORK, that's anyone's guess. I mean, Valve's never let us down in terms of story before, but film is a different medium which utilizes different storytelling strategies. A lot of the awesome psychological stuff Valve likes to use in their games might not translate well to film. Plus, will Chell and/or Gordon have a voice in a movie adaptation???? And on the flip side of that coin, would a J.J. Abrams game fall into the same category as the myriad of Terrible Movie Games that haunt the world of digital entertainment, or would it be something more Half-Life-ish that Abrams helped write?
In other news, HOLY DANG, VALVE. You suddenly have so many great big ideas, from your own console to a potential film in the works. It's like they just now realized that they were awesome and that people would probably buy a pack of gum labeled APERTURE SCIENCE DENTAL HYGIENE AID if they put their logo on it. But will they manage to follow through with all these grand ideas, or will they fall into the same void as Half Life 3?
Thoughts? Comments? I know there have been rumors of a Half Life movie for a while, but I thought this was an interesting article.
There's a moment of silence, and Gabe finally says, "Sooo... Half Life movie, then?" J.J. nods. "...Yeah, okay."
THANK YOU! I'm here all week! Tip your waitresses!
Link. (http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/valves-gabe-newell-and-star-wars-director-j.j.-abrams-to-work-towards-porta)
So yeah. Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams spoke together at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas on Feb 6 of this year, and Newell runs a clip from Cloverfield, showing characters running away from explosions and chaos. “I’m looking at that as a gamer saying put the camera down and let me fucking run. But you won’t let me do that,” he said. J.J. Abrams turned the tables by saying characters in games often drive the scene in the wrong direction. They show a video from Half-Life 2 of the player ignoring the dialog being spoken and instead running around and playing with the environment. It’s a good point: In real life no one would be picking books up and throwing them at the characters. , stated on record that they were interested in working together on either a Half Life or Portal movie, or some sort of video game.
“We’re recapitulating a series of conversations that have been going on. This is what happens when game and movie people get together. We reached the point where we decided that we had to do more than talk,” Newell stated.
“There’s an idea we had for a game that we’d like to work with Valve on,” Abrams continued.
“We’re super-excited about that, and we’re also excited about working with you guys on a movie. So we’re going to figure out if we can make a Portal movie or Half-Life movie together. But it’s really time for us, and our industries, to stop talking about potentials and start trying to execute them,” Newell finished. It may not have been the most in-depth talk from the two men, but it showed how much they both loved the act of telling stories, even as they made gentle fun of the limitations of their respective art forms. The idea of them getting together to try to “fix” those issues is truly exciting.
Obviously, that's not to say that this is SO TOTALLY HAPPENING, but it's an interesting development. I WONDERED why Portal 2 had that little interactive Super 8 trailer in it. (Personally, Valve's trailer intrigued me more than the film's real trailer did.)
Now, in terms of whether this is going to WORK, that's anyone's guess. I mean, Valve's never let us down in terms of story before, but film is a different medium which utilizes different storytelling strategies. A lot of the awesome psychological stuff Valve likes to use in their games might not translate well to film. Plus, will Chell and/or Gordon have a voice in a movie adaptation???? And on the flip side of that coin, would a J.J. Abrams game fall into the same category as the myriad of Terrible Movie Games that haunt the world of digital entertainment, or would it be something more Half-Life-ish that Abrams helped write?
In other news, HOLY DANG, VALVE. You suddenly have so many great big ideas, from your own console to a potential film in the works. It's like they just now realized that they were awesome and that people would probably buy a pack of gum labeled APERTURE SCIENCE DENTAL HYGIENE AID if they put their logo on it. But will they manage to follow through with all these grand ideas, or will they fall into the same void as Half Life 3?
Thoughts? Comments? I know there have been rumors of a Half Life movie for a while, but I thought this was an interesting article.